Jewelry

 **__ Ancient Jewels __** Most of the jewelry found in Egypt from a long time ago is found in the tombs of dead kings and queens. Egyptians used gold lapis lazuli, turquoise, and amethyst, to make their jewelry. By the time of the middle kingdom jewelers were producing jewelry of great elegance. A lot of jewelry was found today because much of it was buried with the owners inside their tombs. The rich people had complex jewelry with carved patters on them. They carves in the stone were made by craftsmen that used bow drills to make the patterns. On some of the jewelry they made patterns of the hieroglyphics. Poorer people wore simple jewelry. More than 200 items of jewelry have been found in Tutankhamen’s tomb. Tutankhamen’s tomb was also made purely of gold. It had precious stones engraved into it. The rich Egyptian women wore make-up and jewelry .They wore necklaces with gold, gems and patterns on them. The men would only wear make-up when there is an important celebration. Men would also wear bangles and belts with decorative patters of beads and gems. There is also a beautiful stone that some archaeologists found somewhere near the pyramids of Giza. That stone is a diadem of Sit Hander-Yuen. It was implanted in a golden headband with a rearing cobra made with semiprecious stones. There were many gold mines along the river Nile and the red sea. The Egyptians loved this precious shiny metal. Gold was beaten into shape and molten then cast into molds. Thin sheets of gold were easy to work and were used to cover wooden statues and other objects.

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